Births, deaths, marriages, guests and season and series farewells; here come the May sweeps, and with them, the end of the broadcast network season. USA TODAY takes a look at the best the month has to offer.

On Ghost Whisperer tonight (CBS, 8 ET/PT), Melinda helps a ghost face hard marital facts like, perhaps, you don't exist so you're not actually married. Here's an idea for CBS: How about a Mentalist/Ghost Whisperer crossover in which Simon Baker's Patrick Jane gets to dismantle Melinda the way he does every other fake psychic? Now that I'd watch.

Simon Baker, who plays Patrick Jane on CBS' The Mentalist , says he has spent too many years taking himself too seriously. "I just want to entertain people," Baker says. "I just want to have a good time."